Jaguar Land Rover unveils Range Rover GT prototype and there's new design choices that have made it completely different from its previous SUVs

This is the new Jaguar Land Rover Range Rover GT – or simply GT to its friends.

Unveiled as a Range Rover-branded vehicle, the GT is just a prototype.

But it is actually an interesting experiment for two reasons.

And the fact that it’s powered by batteries isn’t even the main element here.

The GT previews the next electric Land Rover vehicle

To clarify, Range Rover is treated as a de-facto sub-division of Land Rover, which in turn is a brand owned by Indian Tata along with Jaguar.

Hence the long and convoluted name: Jaguar Land Rover Range Rover GT.

But that doesn’t really matter, because what matters is that the GT is the fifth member of the Range Rover family and, for the first time, it’s electric.

Unlike the electric flagship SUV, the GT wasn’t unveiled as a battery-powered variant of an existing vehicle.

Instead, this was launched from the start as an EV-only vehicle, although future hybrid or range-extender models aren’t being ruled out.

The vehicle uses JLR’s new Electrified Modular Architecture, with two motors (one at the rear and one at the front), and it features an 800-volt architecture for ultra-fast charging.

This is an entirely new type of vehicle for Range Rover

So far, all Range Rover models (flagship Range Rover, Sport, Velar, Evoque) have been SUVs.

The convertible Evoque could be considered an exception, but that was just a one-off experiment based on an SUV.

The GT was designed from the start as a vehicle that’s halfway between a fastback sedan and a large GT-coupe.

It looks Range Rover-esque, with its sweeping roofline, door-mounted side mirrors, and an aggressive, wide stance.

To conceal final production details during road testing, JLR wrapped the vehicle in a bespoke gold camouflage pattern, which is apparently inspired by the topographic contours surrounding the company’s engineering headquarters in Gaydon, UK.

That’s a nice touch.

Inside, traditional materials like wood and leather take a back seat to modern options like Kvadrat wool blends and tactile synthetic textiles.

There’s a sleek single-screen infotainment layout, but it’s unclear whether the production model will feature this or something else.

There’s no ETA yet, but we expect more info and details by the end of the year.